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CHAPMAN, Wilfred Douglas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3785 |
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Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Islington, South Australia, 20 November 1897 |
Home Town: | Houghton, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
Schooling: | Houghton Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Houghton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3785, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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21 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide | |
16 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3785, 32nd Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of John Reuban CHAPMAN and Alice Mary FOLLETT